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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
William H. Heckert |
| Alt Name[2] |
William H Heckart |
| Gender |
Male |
| Alt Birth[3][4][5][14] |
29 Sep 1851 |
Crawford Co., Ohio |
| Birth? |
1852 |
OH |
| Education[8] |
Abt 1857 |
Leesville, Crawford Co., Ohiohad his "first day of school" here and only knew to speak German, thus was given the nickname of "Little Duchman" |
| Occupation[9] |
1870 |
Scott twp., Sandusky Co., Ohioworking in his brother-in-law's sawmill |
| Marriage |
24 Dec 1874 |
Montgomery (township), Wood, Ohio, United Statesto Anna Eliza Walters |
| Residence |
19 Jun 1880 |
Scott (township), Sandusky, Ohio, United Stateswith Anna Eliza Walters |
| Other[10][16] |
1897 |
Wood Co., OhioBio-hist-OK |
| Occupation[11] |
1900 |
Bradner, Montgomery twp., Wood Co., Ohioa teamster |
| Residence |
From 1900 to 1920 |
Bradner, Wood, Ohio, United Stateswith Anna Eliza Walters |
| Occupation[12] |
1910 |
Bradner, Montgomery twp., Wood Co., Ohioa manufacturer of pulling machine's |
| Occupation[13] |
1920 |
Wood Co., Ohioa manager of oil supplys on own account |
| Death[6][15] |
29 Sep 1936 |
Osseo, Hillsdale Co., Michigan |
| Burial[7] |
13 Oct 1936 |
Bradner cemetery, US Route 23, Bradner, Montgomery twp., Wood Co., Ohio |
| Reference Number |
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26297 |
References
- ↑ John Gander KBOSZO@@aol.com.
- ↑ Judith (Lamb) Tomlinson. Warner/Miller family information, Recipient: Kristina Kuhn, Address: Hicksville, Ohio, Author E-mail: judetomlinson at mchsi.com (as of. (December 2001).
- ↑ United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625)
age 58 born in PA.
- ↑ Commemorative, historical and biographical records of Wood County, Ohio: its past, present, early settlement and development, biographies and portraits of early settlers and representative citizens, etc. (Chicago : J.H. Beer, 1897.)
page 1301.
- ↑ United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
age 8, b. OH.
- ↑ Obituary. (further information available upon request).
- ↑ Obituary. (further information available upon request).
- ↑ Commemorative, historical and biographical records of Wood County, Ohio: its past, present, early settlement and development, biographies and portraits of early settlers and representative citizens, etc. (Chicago : J.H. Beer, 1897.)
page 1301.
- ↑ United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
sheet 12; ancestry image: 12 of 33.
- ↑ Commemorative, historical and biographical records of Wood County, Ohio: its past, present, early settlement and development, biographies and portraits of early settlers and representative citizens, etc. (Chicago : J.H. Beer, 1897.)
page 1301-1302.
- ↑ United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623)
ED#149; page 43; sheet 20A; ancestry image: 39 of 47.
- ↑ United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
ED# 199; sheet 13B; ancestry image: 26 of 40.
- ↑ United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625).
- ↑ the surname is spelled "Heckart" in the Wood Co., History book, 1897
- ↑ He had gone to Michigan with a trailer to bring back a load of lumber from his property at Osseo and after having his dinner got into his machine and started it. A man at the filling station nearby saw him fall forward over the wheel and rushed to stop the car. Mr. Heckart was dead when taken from the machine
- ↑ "WILLIAM HECKART, a leading lumber dealer and sawmill operator of Bradner, is one of the representative citizens. The architect of his own fortune, his life has been one of steady and close attention to business, while he has, at the same time, given practical support to helpful public movements,. and taken an intelligent interest in the questions of the day.
He was born in Crawford county, Ohio, September 29, 1851, the son of Peter and Elah (Heller) Heckart, who were both natives of Pennsylvania and descendants of German ancestry. In 1862 they moved to Jackson township, Seneca county, where his father bought a farm of 210 acres a fine property. Later he moved his family to Scott township, Sandusky county, and was successfully engaged in the sawmill business near Risingsunt, until his death, being for some time a partner of Joseph Blackford, the well-known lumberman. His wife survives him, and although she owns a good home, she spends most of her time among her children.
Mr. Heckart was one of nine children- six boys and three girls and until the age of seventeen spent his life after the fashion of the average farmer's boy. German was the language spoken in the family, and when he was eight years old he knew but little of any other, and while attending school then, and even later, he was often referred to as Little Dutchman," by schoolmates who were more familiar with English. His "first day in school " was at Leesville, Crawford county; the district schools there, and at the new home, furnished his only opportunity for an education. For about four years he worked in his father's sawmill, learning the details of the business in which he has since been so successful, and in the spring of 1872 began farming on his own account at the homestead--his father giving him the few months' time remaining before his majority.
In December, 1874, in Montgomery township, Wood county, he was united in matrimony with Miss Anna E. Walters, daughter of Emanuel and Eliza (Gould) Walters, and took his bride to the old home, where they remained until 1881, when he moved to Montgomery township. Soon after he joined his father's old partner, Joseph Blackford, in the sawmill business, which he bought out three years afterward. A few years later he purchased a large tract of timber land in Section 36, Freedom township, and moved his business there while it was being cleared. He made fine improvements upon the place during his stay, and still owns a forty-acre farm there. In September, 1893, he removed his machinery to Bradner, where he had bought a lot and erected commodious buildings for carrying on his work on an extensive scale. A planing machine and other machinery were added to the outfit, enabling him to manufacture all kinds of lumber. His thorough acquaintance with the best methods of work, together with his general business ability and invariable fairness in dealing with the public, have brought, him a large and profitable trade, which keeps from six to twelve men employed to fill orders.
He has build a beautiful home in Bradner, probably the finest in the place. He and his wife are leading members of the Evangelical Church, and he gives liberally to that and the worthy causes. Of their three children, the eldest, Nora O., married F. A. Bryan of Bradner; and Mollie R. and Jessie are at home. While he is a stanch Republican and a regular voter, he has never aspired to office, his business requiring his attention; but in all that constitutes good citizenship he has not at any time been found wanting."
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